New York University
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
M.S. Program in Global Affairs
Energy Policy , Y45.2400
Spring 2011
January 14, 2011
INSTRUCTOR: Chris Gadomski
http://www.smidirect.net/nyu
OFFICE HOURS: Mondays by appointment
OFFICE PHONE:914.993.9060
E-mail:gadomski@nyu.edu
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
This course surveys the historical, political, economic, legal and environmental factors of energy policy on the international scale. The course will focus on identifying the most pressing energy policy issues like energy security, climate change and global warming, as well as analyze the various technology options such as renewable energy, nuclear power, hydrogen, liquified natural gas, and coal gasification for countries to adopt environmentally sensitive sustainable development policies.
Please note that the following is a preliminary list subject to additions and deletions until the first day of class. All books are available online at Amazon. Click on link below to go directly to Amazon.
Required Reading
A book list has not been provided to the bookstore.
• Robert Bryce, Power Hungary, (New York: Public Affairs, 2010) ISBN 9781586487898
• Rebecca D. Costa, The Watchman's Rattle, (Vanguard Press, 2010) eISBN 9781593156503
• Vaclav Smil, Energy Myths and Realities, (Washington, DC:The AEI Press, 2010) ISBN-13: 9780844743288
• German Energy Policy, 28 September 2010, http://www.bmu.de/files/english/pdf/application/pdf/energiekonzept_bundesregierung_en.pdf
• 10 Years of Experience in Carbon Finance, 2010
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCARBONFINANCE/Resources/10_Years_of_Experience_in_CF_August_2010.pdf
Choose One of the Following
• Howard Geller, Energy Revolution, (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2003), ISBN 1559639652
• Christopher Horner, Power Grab, (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2010) ISBN 9781596985995
Additional online Acts/articles/chapters supplementing the reading are:
• American Power Act
• Copenhagen Consensus Papers:
The Challenges
Global Warming Perspective Paper: Christopher Green
Global Warming Perspective Paper: Anil Markandya
• Investment: Risk, Return and the Role of Policy
• Energy Policy Recommendations, National Commission on Energy Policy, April 2007.
• Pollin, Robert Heidi Garrett-Peltier, James Heintz, and Helen Scharber with Kit Batten and Bracken Hendricks, “Green Recovery A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy” September 2008.
• The United Nations Environment Programme, International Labor Organization, International Trade Union Confederation’s Green Jobs Initiative, “Green Jobs: Towards Sustainable Work in a Low-Carbon World.” (Read the executive summary and the conclusions)
• Grossman, Peter Z. (2008). “The History of U.S. Alternative Energy Development Programs: A Study of Government Failure,” Searle Center Conference September 2008 (Bad Public Goods). Northwestern University.
• The Wall Street Journal, or The Financial Times, or The New York Times, or any relevant articles published online. Bring articles to class for discussion.
Suggested Supplementary Reading
• Robert Baer, Sleeping With The Devil, (New York: Crown Publishers, 2003)
• Thomas Casten, Turning Off The Heat, (Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1998) ISBN 1-57392-269-2
• Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat, (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005) ISBN 0-374-29288-4
• Malcom Grimston and Peter Beck, Double or Quits? The Future of Civil Nuclear Energy, (London: Earthscan/James & James Press, 2002) ISBN 1853839132
• Howard Geller, Energy Revolution, (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2003) ISBN 1-55963-965-2
• Steven Ferry with Anil Cabraal, Renewable Power in Developing Countries: Winning the War on Global Warming, (Tulsa: Pennwell, 2001) ISBN 1-59370-050-4
• Paul Komor, Renewable Energy Policy, (Lincoln, NE: IUniverse, 2004)
• Vito Stagliano, A Policy of Discontent, (Tulsa: Pennwell, 2001) ISBN, 0-87814-817 5q
• Jeremy Rifkin, The Hydrogen Economy, (New York: The Penquin Group, 2002) ISBN 1-58542-254-1
• Paul Roberts, The End of Oil, (New York: First Mariner Books, 2004)
• Sonia Labatt and Rodney White, Carbon Finance, (Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007) ISBN 978-0471-79467-7
• Daniel Yergin, The Prize, (New York: Free Press, 1993) ISBN 0671799320
• Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights, (New York: Simon & Shuster, 1998) ISBN 068482975
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